Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Our Present to Gina

Friday, June 27, 2008

Our Present to Gina

(psst...This is Danielle)

I got Gina a materialistic queen's dream for a present; but she'll never know what the name brand gem is. Instead, I'll be sporting it sometime in the future when just enough time goes by where she won't automatically question if my fashionable item was supposed to be her birthday present. Gina, in her not true to form way, in more words or less, shunned material presents this year and instead plead for her family's blood (yes I bled today), sweat and tears (well, not real tears, more like tears from the pouring down rain.) Her wish list? A new tree line in her backyard.

I know!! Nutty, right?? Her wish is my command. Plus, I've been thinking how much her previous bought present would go with so many things I own. Her goal was to extend the brush and woods behind her house at least five feet. My man, thekidg, assessed the project and said, "Danielle, there is no way you and your father will be able to do this. This is work for a professional."

Well, kidg, I have two words for you... EAT DIRT!! Literally, because there is now plenty of it and you can easily walk back there with out thorning yourself with bush and woods.

Ta-da!

3 comments:

Vicki Jensen said...: Holy cow! I can't believe you did that all yourself. If you're ever bored we have an endless amount of yardwork here...haha!

Vic; June 28, 2008 at 7:31 AM
Anonymous said...: Vic- Sorry, I am not yet able to reveal my secret. At this point it's highly confidential, but I do promise to share later.; June 28, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Anonymous said...: I know your secret...ssh--ssh--ssh; June 29, 2008 at 9:32 AM

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Hurdles that I faced and achieved!

After birth, I was placed on ECMO at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 13 days. On day 13, I had a surgery to repair my hernia and was removed from ECMO, but my organs would not fit in my abdomen. I had a silo for a week and then surgery to place the organs back in the abdomen. Then, part of my intestines re-herniated into my chest cavity two months later and I had another surgery to repair that. After my first surgery, I experienced an intraventricular hemorrhage in my brain and at four months old I received a VP shunt. After I was extubated, I learned that I have right vocal cord paralysis. Then I had g-tube surgery and after I finally got to go home after 5 longs months at Johns Hopkins and Mt. Washington Hospital! Only for a few weeks, though. In mid-April my intestines reherniated again and sent me into surgery. I came home, and had a long run before my THIRD reherniation in the beginning of September on Labor Day weekend in 2008. Then I was hospitalized for twice during the winter 2009 for two respiratory infections. Well, I almost lasted a year until my next surgery! Just this past June, in 2009, I had surgery to wrap my stomach around the esophagus, a nissen. This has helped with my reflux and my hiatal hernia. I will be 2 in October, I love scooting around but refuse to stand up and walk. I am a little miracle and thank God, my doctors, my nurses, family, and friends for my strength, my fight and a happy life.